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Chapter II: National Agency for the Improvement of Working Conditions

Article R4642-1 of the French Labour Code

I.-The Agence nationale pour l’amélioration des conditions de travail (National Agency for the Improvement of Working Conditions) is a national public administrative body under the supervision of the Minister for Labour. As part of the tasks entrusted to it pursuant to Article L. 4642-1, the Agency carries out actions aimed at influencing the determining factors in working conditions, in particular the organisation of work and industrial relations, with a view…

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Article R4642-2 of the French Labour Code

The Agence nationale pour l’amélioration des conditions de travail may set up regional offices. Each regional directorate is supported by a regional joint body which participates, in collaboration with the regional director, in defining its guidelines. The joint body adopts the annual regional action programme in line with the national programme. It draws up its rules of procedure in accordance with the provisions of the charter referred to in article…

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Article R4642-3 of the French Labour Code

I.-The Agence nationale pour l’amélioration des conditions de travail is administered by a Board of Directors and managed by a Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors comprises : 1° Eleven employers’ representatives, distributed as follows: ten representatives of professional employers’ organisations that are representative at national and cross-industry level. For the distribution of seats, the number of companies belonging to each of these organisations and the number of employees…

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Article R4642-4 of the French Labour Code

In its deliberations, the Board of Directors sets the Agency’s general guidelines. In addition to the powers conferred on it by Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, it deliberates in particular on: 1° Multiannual strategic objectives, in particular those set out in the Contract of Objectives and Performance between the Agency and the State; 2° The agency’s work programme; 3°…

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Article R4642-5 of the French Labour Code

The Board of Directors meets at least four times a year, convened by its Chairman. It may also meet at the request of the Minister for Employment, the Managing Director of the Agency or half of its members. The agenda for each meeting is drawn up by the Chairman on a proposal from the Director General. Any issue whose inclusion has been requested by the Minister for Labour or by…

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Article R4642-6 of the French Labour Code

The Managing Director is appointed for a renewable term of three years by order of the Minister for Employment. He is responsible for the general management of the establishment. He performs all acts that are not reserved to the Board of Directors in application of article R. 4642-4. He prepares the deliberations of the Board of Directors and ensures that they are carried out. It proposes the establishment’s strategic guidelines,…

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Article R4642-7 of the French Labour Code

The Agency may employ contractual agents under the conditions laid down by Decree no. 2014-21 of 9 January 2014 setting out the contractual conditions applicable to agents of the National Agency for the Improvement of Working Conditions.

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Article R4642-8 of the French Labour Code

I.-The Scientific Advisory Board comprises : 1° Eight members, with voting rights, appointed on the proposal of the Managing Director of the Agency, chosen from among competent and recognised figures in the Agency’s field of activity: a) Six prominent figures from the world of research in the humanities, economics and social sciences ; b) Two leading figures with expertise in the organisation of work in companies; 2° Five members, in…

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Article R4642-9 of the French Labour Code

Subject to the provisions resulting from this chapter, the Agency’s financial system is set out in Titles I and III of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budget management and accounting. The Agency’s budget shall generally include all revenue authorised by the laws and regulations and the expenditure provided for inArticle 178 of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management.

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Article R4642-10 of the French Labour Code

The purpose of the Fonds pour l’Amélioration des Conditions de Travail (Fund for the Improvement of Working Conditions) is to encourage and assist companies, in particular small and medium-sized companies, associations or professional branches, by means of subsidies and within the framework of participative approaches, to design and implement experimental projects within the scope of the missions entrusted to the Agence Nationale pour l’Amélioration des Conditions de Travail (National Agency…

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